Month: September 2025

California 2025, a very fulfilling and emotional trip.

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in Travel

A very full week for sure! 😁 It’s so terrific hanging out with our adult kids back in our home County; San Luis Obispo in California. A lot of wedding planning and shopping was done with our daughter Montana. So excited about her big day on the beach: September 20! ❤️ An amazing Wedding for Montana and her new husband Eddy in Cayucos, California. We are so happy they are happy. ❤️ Mr & Mrs. Lutz.

A letter from mother, Sue Krevitt- “Oh YESSSSS! It was sweet and beautiful and full of love … many families joining together in loving support for this sweet couple’s desire to marry, do what’s right (per our society’s need for this) according to their highest sense of it. Good for you two, Montana and Eddy! We all love you very, very much! Thank you for the experience of being at your Wedding On The Beach! We all clearly loved it!! And the three including (Matthew, 9 yrs, is very clearly part of this wedding!)”

It was such fun to have Sue do all the beautiful flower arrangements for the wedding!

Hanging out with some California friends was also good for the soul. Dinner with kids and friends; Hope, Chase and Zander was fun and fulfilling. We were thrilled to meet Derek’s girlfriend Nikki, even though she was hobbling on crutches. Really a great week overall. We even fit in doctor appointments and travel vaccines, Ug.

While Scott visited his Dad in El Paso Texas, enjoying family, friends and great streak houses, Kathy had a great California family time up in Santa Cruz. She always has a good time staying with her Mom and this time her brother Andrew. We even made a trip up to Huntington Lake, with Derek and Nikki, however it was quite smokey due to the Garnett fire.

SHARK!

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in adventure, Scuba Diving

Wow, what an epic day. Fiji sharks are SO BIG! Two shark dives at Beqa Island/reef, and they knocked Scotts socks off. The majority of our diving is typically off of our own boat, but this kind of dive is very technical, so this time, Jason Deal and Scott chose to dive with a professional dive team. They know what they’re doing, or at least we all hope so. Kathy love all sea life but really wasn’t a fan of getting this close to these huge beasts of the sea.


Yes, the sharks really were this close and at some points Scott had 2-3 bull sharks inside his personal space bubble. The dive coordinater was VERY specific about his instructions, so they listened VERY carfully. Most of these sharks are Bull sharks, but there were multiple species present, nurse sharks and even a few Giant Grouper. Fascinating, But there were definitely a few “pucker up” moments.